it is not the first time in the american history where we have had this kind of the anxiety, and the hope is something will come along, but until we get really serious about improving education in this country, i am not sure enough workers will be able to take advantage of it. host: james bennet, editor of " the atlantic." thank you for talking to us this morning. that is all for today. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern time. thank you for joining us. thank you for joining us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]

>> several live events to tell you about coming up here on c- span. president obama and fis president -- and vice president biden talking about investing in the united states. this will be live at 12:15 eastern. that is followed by white house cabinet officials holding discussions with small business owners on in sourcing. mitt romney want yesterday's new hampshire primary leaving the gop candidate with 39% of the vote. this comes after he took first place in the iowa caucuses. ron paul coming in second

yesterday with 23% of the vote. jon huntsman in third. looking at the other candidates, newt gingrich and rick santorum tie it with 9% of the vote. rick barry got 1%. the attention turns to south carolina. -- rick perry got 1%. we now have mitt romney who spoke live from southern new hampshire.

[applause] >> what a great night this is. update you, new hampshire. a special thanks to some of you. governor sununu. i just don't know where where he went. senator gregg, congressman charlie bass. they have spoken for us and fought for us across the state. to the many state legislators and it councilors who endorsed our campaign. one state senator deserve special mention, jeff bradley. he is out there.

[applause] he has fired up audiences for everywhere we go. we are grateful for the people that have led our campaign in new hampshire. they key to the volunteers that have devoted thousands of hours to our cause. finally, the people of new hampshire. [applause] they are the active part of this campaign. they have been knocking on doors, it turned out to meet us at one of our many of sense.

now, guess what i want to do? i want to introduce the man who we all believe should be the next president of the united states. [applause] mitt romney. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, new hampshire. tonight, we made history.

the state has always been a very special place for our family. we have made a home here and we have filled it with great memories of our children and grandchildren. i have my five sons behind me and my daughters and laws -- daughters-in-law and grandchildren with me. tomorrow, we go back to work. we do remember when barack obama came to new hampshire four years ago, he promised to bring people together and to change the broken system in washington. he promised to improve our nation. those were the days of lofty promises. today, we're faced with a disappointing record of a failed president sent up the last three years have held a lot of change

but they have not offered much hope. -- today, were faced with a disappointing record of a failed president. the last three years have held a lot of change but they have not offered much hope. it's the middle class has shrunk in. soldiers who have returned from the front lines are waiting in unemployment lines. our debt is too high and an employment -- and employment is too few. this president wakes up and says, it could be worse. that is not what it means to be an american. of course not as. what defines us is powerless unwavering conviction is that we know it must be better and it will be better is. [applause] -- what defines us is our unwavering conviction that we

know it must be better and it will be better. that conviction guides our campaign. this has rallied millions of americans in every corner of this country to our cause. over the last six months i have listened too anxious voices, visited with students and soldiers. i have heard stories of families getting by on less and retirements now replaced by jobs on minimum wage. americans know that our future is brighter and better than these troubled times.

we still believe in the hope, the promise, and the dream of america. we still believe on that shining city on the hill. this is better than 15 trillion dollars in debt, it is better than the misguided policies and a failed leadership of one man. the president has run out of ideas and now he is running out of excuses. [applause] tonight, we are asking the good people of south carolina to join the citizens of new hampshire and may 2012 the year he runs out of time -- and make 2012 the

year he runs out of time. [applause] president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. we have seen thus are republicans joined forces with him. -- desperate republicans joined forces with them. this is such a mistake for our party and nation. the country already has a president who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. i stand before a different path where we are lifted out by our desire to succeed not dragged down by our resentment of success. [applause]

in difficult times we cannot abandon the core values that define us. we are one nation under god. make no mistake, in this campaign i will offer the american ideals of economic freedoms, a clear and unapologetic defense and we will win with that message. [applause] you know that our campaign is about more than replacing the president, this is about saving the soul of america. this is a choice between two very different destinies. the president obama like to fundamentally transform america. we want to restore it to the founding principles that made it great. he would like to turn america

into a european style social welfare state. we want to ensure that we remain a free and prosperous land of opportunity. this president takes his inspiration from the capitals of europe. we look to the cities and towns across america for our inspiration. this president puts his faith in government, we put our faith in the american people. [applause] this president is making the federal government bigger, i will make it simpler, smaller, and smarter. [applause] he raised the national debt, i will cut, cap, and balance the federal budget.

[applause] this president has enacted job killing regulations, all i will eliminate it. -- i will eliminate it. he passed health care, i will repeal it. my biggest job will be worried about your job, not about saving my own. [applause] nationally, president obama has adopted an appeasement strategy.

he thinks that america's role as a leader of the world is a thing of the past. i believe that america must oversee the future. he does not see the need for overwhelming military support the -- military superiority. i want a military so powerful that no one would think of challenging us. [applause] he criticizes our friends like israel, i will always stand with our friends. [applause] he apologizes for america and i will never apologize for the greatest nation in the history of the earth. [applause] our plans protect freedom and

opportunity and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. the path i lay out is not one paved with ever increasing checks and cradle to grave assurances that the government will always be the solution. if this election is a bidding war for those that can promise the most benefits, i am not your president. if you want to make this about restoring american greatness, then i hope you'll join us. if you believe that the disappointments of the past three years are a detour, not a destiny, then i am asking for your vote. i am asking you to remember what it was like to be hopeful and excited about the future, not to dread each new headline. i want you to remember when you spend more time dreaming about

where to send your kids to college than worry about your next paycheck. i want you to remember when our white house reflect the best of who we are, not the worst of what europe has become. we still believe in that america. [applause] [applause] we still believe that america is the land of opportunity and a peak amount of freedom. we believe in the america that challenges each of us to be

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♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> mitt romney's fourth quarter fund raising was $23 million. he has $90 million cash on hand. you can follow the 2012 reporters on twitter and c-span 1 post, mitt romney was a common-sense choice. mitt romney heading to south carolina. his first appearance will see in the state capital, columbia, south carolina. it is possible that the

governor will be theirs. she has come out and endorsed mitt romney. -- it is possible that the government will be there. ron paul coming in second in new hampshire getting 23% of the vote. in third place, it is jon huntsman with 17%. ron paul held a rally with his supporters last night in manchester as well. he said that we are "nibbling at his heels" in which he meant mitt romney. he spoke last night in new hampshire. [crowd chanting "president paul "] >> thank you.

thank you very much. i really don't have to introduce my wife. i think you know my wife, carol. [applause] we have a few members of the family here. we have a daughter in law, peggy. we have linda. the families on the staff, but he is technically in the family, he is a grand son-in-law. benton.esse [cheers] it is a delight, and jim, senator forsythe, thank you for your support along with andy, your co-sponsorship, i appreciate all that. i do want to mention three names of people who did organization. jerry, i do not know if he is here.

probably still making phone calls or something. [laughter] and bob goodman, a tremendous amount of work here. and george bryan, he was fantastic. [applause] there was one other acknowledgement i wanted to make. i wanted to thank the "union leader" for not endorsing me. [cheers and applause] i called governor romney a short while ago before he gave his talk and congratulated him because he had a clear-cut victory. but we are nibbling at his heels. but there was another victory tonight. he had a victory, but we have had a victory for the cause of liberty .

[applause] there is no doubt that this whole effort that we're involved in will not go unnoticed, let me tell you. i think the intellectual revolution going on now to restore liberty in this country is well on its way and there is no way they are going to stop the momentum that we have started. [applause] and that is the victory that you have brought about, because you have been the ones that have done the work. there are a lot of people here, but the ones across the country, the donors and the excitement on the campuses, it is just unbelievable. if we do not always get the coverage or the interest shown on what is going on, because if they did, they would not ignore

some much of what we're doing. i find it sort of fascinating when they finally get around and these are different people, it could be in the media or our opponents, but i have to chuckle when they describe you and me as being dangerous. [applause] that is one thing they're telling the truth, because we are dangerous to the status quo of this country. [cheers and applause] >> president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! >> and we will remain a danger to the federal reserve system as well.

>> end the fed! end the fed! >> that's right -- end the fed! >> end the fed! end the fed! end the fed! >> you know, in studying monetary history from the beginning our history and throughout history, monetary policy on periodic occasions will become the dominant issue. we have emphasized that and it has become an important issue. just think, this is the first presidential campaign that the subjectever came up since the federal reserve was started. it will remain a dominant issue, there is no way they will put it to bed because they have destroyed our money, it is worldwide, there is a financial crisis going on, and it is only sound money and personal liberty that can solve the crisis that we have today.

one reason that i talk about the monetary system so much, it was a sneaky deceitful way to pay the bills. an honest government that wants to be a big spending government would tax the people, and then the people would know what they were doing. if we had to pay taxes for everything that they do, the people would rise up and stop it. so then they started borrowing money a lot, and people did not notice that quite as much, because they passed that on. and then they resorted to the printing of the money and that is why the federal reserve was established, to take care of the powerful interests, the military-industrial complex, the bank system, and deficit financing. a couple of reasons they have deficit financing. sometimes there are conservatives that want deficit

financing and sometimes there are liberals who want deficit financing, and they have resorted to this. of course this is why we are facing this crisis today. but it also serves those interests who like to think that we have this responsibility -- they claim it is a moral responsibility to take our young people, put them into the military, and send them hither and yon around the world police in the world and using up the money. [booing] just as we have been able to bring to the forefront the most important issue of that funny money, the fiat money and the federal reserve, we brought it to the forefront. others have not openly talked about it and they do nothing about it. there is a liberty movement that is saying to the country and to the world, we have had enough of sending our kids and our money around the world to be the policeman of the world. it is time to bring them home. [applause]

>> bring them home! bring them home! bring them home. bring them home. bring them home. >> the one thing is we know that they will come home. my goal and our goal has always been to bring them home in a deliberate fashion to avoid major economic crisis by destroying our economy by spending so much overseas. in the last 10 years, the wars going on have added $4 trillion of debt. i do not think we have been one bit more safe for it. i think we have been less safe because of all the money we have spent overseas. this is the issue now. it is an issue that i think it's crucial. jim mentioned in the introduction that so often they

say that if we tell people that we think we should spend less in the military, "oh, that means you want to cut defense." no, if you cut the military industrial complex, you cut war profiteering but you do not take one penny out of national defence. [cheers] and besides, we are flat out broke. fortunately we did not have to fight the soviets. the soviets brought themselves down for economic reasons. do you know that they were so foolish and thought themselves so boldthat they could pursue their world empire and invade afghanistan? but we will come home, but if we

do it now, calmly and deliberately, we can save our economy here at home. because there are a lot of people suffering here at home. you have to stop inflation. that is what destroys the middle class and transfers the wealth from the poor and the middle class to the wealthy. that is why the wealthy got their bailouts and the middle class shrunk and they lost their jobs in their houses. so this is what we have to do. we have to cut the spending. this is why i have made a token suggestion in the first year of office, we would cut at least $1 trillion from the budget. [applause] now the one thing -- the talk here in washington is pure talk because there's nobody suggesting -- the other candidates are not talking about real cuts. they are talking about cutting proposed increases out in 10 years. they say it will cut $1 trillion. yes over 10 years, $100 billion every year. our national debt is going up $100 billion every month and they claim that is cutting and they are yelling and screaming, we cannot cut. we cannot cut. we have to cut.

we have to live within our means if we want to be able to at least take care of the people who have been made to be so dependent on the government. i mean, we ought to work our way out. if we did this and cut the overseas spending, at least we might be able to allow the social security beneficiaries to get their checks and medical care provided. but if we continue to do what we're doing, the results are that the dollar is destroyed and the whole thing comes apart and it is going to be a worldwide phenomenon. already social security beneficiaries are suffering a lot. their income is shrinking because the value of the dollar is going down. they are getting their checks cut. you have to think about cutting and stopping inflation and ask once again as our founders did, what should the role of government be in a free society? the role should be very simple -- the protection of liberty.

[cheers and applause] >> ron paul revolution. ron paul revolution. >> wonderful, wonderful. no, the constitution was written for a very precise manner. it was not designed to restrain the individual. not to restrain you. it was to protect your liberties and to restrain the federal government. [cheers and applause] our liberty has to be reemphasized because we have been careless of the last 100 years. we have taken liberty and chopped it up into pieces. to some people, liberty has to do with personal habits, which i agree. other people think liberty is about how to spend your money and they fight about when to do what. i think what we need to do is make this emphasis -- liberty means you have a right in your

privacy and the way you want to live your life as long as you do not hurt people and you have the right tokeep and spend your money as you want to. [cheers and applause] freedom is a wonderful idea. that is why i get so excited and i really get excited when i see young people saying it. it really is a wonderful idea. freedom is popular, don't you know that? freedom brings people together. i think it is magnificent, the crowds that have come out of the weeks and months that have been very diverse. it should be. because some people want their freedom to practice their religion one way, and maybe another way, some might not even want to practice it at all. but freedom, if you understand it, you should all fight for freedom because you want to exert your freedom the same way that you want. the same with economic freedom. it should bring people together. i think this is one reason

people wonder about how you put together coalitions, how are you going to compromise and give up some of your beliefs in order to get something passed. you do not have to compromise. you have to emphasize the coalition that people want their freedoms for different reasons and bring them together. americas been the greatest country ever, the most prosperous country ever, the largest middle-class ever. it is not that way today. our middle class is shrinking, the country is getting poorer, the wealth is based on debt, the few that really holds the debt shift it due to the regulations to control our government. we have had too many people too long in the last 100 years thinking that it was beneficial to have high paid lobbyists to get them to find out what they can get from the government,

rather than us petitioning our government in a proper manner, petitioning our government and demanding our freedoms back again. a lot of times they give us trouble and they say, freedom, you people are just too selfis. all you want to do is have your freedom. [laughter] they argure that is the case. the bleeding hearts, i understand them and i recognize them and i think most of them are well intended. it does not work is the problem. all the good intentions of saying we're going to give everybody a free house and loans and then they can borrow against the equity, look what happened. it was a bubble, it burst, and they lost their homes. humanitarian instincts are there across the board. if you are a true humanitarian,

you have to fight and argue the case for free markets, sound money, property rights, contract rights, no use of force, and a sensible foreign policy so that we do not waste our resources. [applause] we are well on our way. we are well on our way. people ask me what i expect five years or 10 years ago. i had no idea. i always assumed the best i could do was set a record. i did not know you were out there. [applause] it is no longer that irate minorities stirring up the troops. now the irate minority, so tireless you have been, it is growing by leaps and bounds. it will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. and we will restore freedom to this country. thank you very much.

thank you. [cheers] >> president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! president paul! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ron paul, coming in second in new hampshire yesterday, getting 23% of the vote. he hits the ground running in south carolina with a rally at the airport. jon huntsman, meanwhile, headed

to south carolina. last night he told supporters in manchester that we have a trust deficit and no longer trust our elected officials. he spoke for about 15 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i think we are on the hunt. [cheers and applause] [chanting] thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i would say that third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and

gentlemen. hello, south carolina. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight because of you. we have the greatest volunteers, greatest organizers that this state has ever seen. give yourselves a hand. [cheers and applause] and we have proved a point. this state once its candidates to earn it the old-fashioned way. that is on the ground, and shake my hand shake, conversation by conversation, -- handshake by handshake, conversation by conversation, a vote by vote. we got it done, ladies and gentleman. do you know what else we got done during this great seven months, where we had at least 170 public events in this great state? 170 public events.

no one even came close. we had conversations about the importance of putting this country first, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] because the people -- >> country first. country first. country first. country first. >> because the people of this great nation, the greatest nation that ever was, they are tired of being divided. they want leadership that will stand up and tell us all the first and foremost, we need to come together as americans in order to solve our problems. [applause] we need a president, ladies and gentlemen, that will stand up and tell us that we have an economic deficit.

it is called $15 trillion in debt. this is not a debt problem, it is a national security problem and we will not leave it to the next generation of americans, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] i want to stand up and square with the american people about this. afghanistan is not our nation's future. iraq is not this nation's future. [cheers] our nation's future is how prepared we are to rise up as the american future and it had on the competitive challenges of the 21st century -- and hit head on the competitive challenges of the 21st century. you know when i am talking about? this is about economics -- you know what i am talking about? this is about economics. this is about education. this is going to play out over the pacific ocean, in countries i have lived in before.

all that i can tell you tonight, without any hint of hyperbole, if we do not get our act together at home we will see the end of america by the end of 2050. we will not let that happen, will we? [cheers] our second deficit that we have is not an economic deficit, but it is just as corrosive. it is called a trust deficit. the people of the greatest nation that ever was, the united states of america, no longer trust their institutions of power. no longer trust their elected officials. i say -- how did we get to this spot? they are too good as people. blue sky, problem solving, optimistic people is what we are. we are going to get out there and address the trust deficit.

and it is going to start with congress. everybody knows that congress needs term limits. [cheers and applause] and everybody knows that we have got to close the revolving door that allows members of congress to file out and become lobbyists, trading in on their insider information and relationships. we wonder why there is cynicism as seen by the american people toward congress. no trust. i say that there is no trust in our wars abroad, ladies and gentleman, and we're going to fix that. i am going to stand up in front of the american people and say that we have something to show for our 10 years in the war on terror. something to show to the american people. we have run the taliban for power. we have appended and dismantled al qaeda. they are now in sanctions.

osama bin laden is no longer around. we have had free elections. we have strengthened civil society and helped the military, helped the police. we have done what this nation can do. it is time to bring the troops home from afghanistan, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] we need trust in fused back into this nation. -- and used -- infused back into this nation. we need a president to stand up for this nation, the greatest nation on earth. it has every attribute a nation could want for success. that is why we will succeed, going forward. all that we need is leadership and a planned. i saw this nation from 10,000 miles away, you hear me? 10,000 miles away. when you see this nation from

abroad, you tend to see it in bold colors. the you know what i saw, living in china? i saw a nation with the greatest people on earth. a nation that is down temporarily, but a nation that is going to rise up again. we have every attribute that a nation could want to succeed. we have stability. we have a rule of law. we have the longest surviving constitution in the world. we even have private property rights here in new hampshire. [applause] we have the greatest colleges and universities on earth. people flocked here from every corner to attend them. we have the most creative, innovative, entrepreneurial people anywhere. they are sitting on their hands because there is no confidence about the direction of this

nation. i say that that is the engine of growth that we are going to fire again. i say that we are -- we have the greatest and most courageous armed forces that this nation has ever seen. [cheers and applause] i will be darned if we are going to allow the men and women to come from the sea, to come from combat, from the front lines to the unemployment lines. that is not going to happen. those men and women who have worn the uniform of the united states of america in the theater of combat are going to come home to dignity and respect, and admiration. and they are going to come home to jobs and opportunity as well. [applause] the same going to do thing for this nation that the to greatest generation did, so

many decades ago. they rebuilt this nation. they call this nation up by the bootstraps. there is another greatest generation coming up. you know those people that we are talking about. they are in your family, your neighborhoods. they are going to do what earlier generations did. they are going to rebuild this nation. they are going to make it the best that they can possibly be. ladies and gentlemen, i love this state. >> we love you. >> this state -- [cheers and applause] >> this state, we have worked hard and diligently. we have pounded the pavement. we have 1 people over, person by person. this is the old way to get politics done in new hampshire. my confidence in the system is reborn because of the people in new hampshire. because they just turn out of this -- the style -- these town hall meetings. they believe in a better

tomorrow for the united states of america. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. they turned out to the town hall meetings, the house parties, and they hear from the candidates. they assimilated all, digest it all, and render a judgment. here we are, ladies and gentleman, with a ticket to ride and carry on. on to south carolina, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] >> join the hunt. join the hunt. join the hunt. [cheers and applause] ♪

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>> former utah governor jon huntsman last night in new hampshire after his third-place finish, receiving 17% of the vote. he heads to south carolina today with two events on tap. looking at the rest of the field from new hampshire, newt gingrich finished tied with rick santorum, both getting 9% of the vote. rick perry getting 1% of the vote yesterday in new hampshire. rick santorum also headed to south carolina with a couple of events set for today. last night he spoke to supporters in manchester, saying he still considers himself to be the open quote true conservative" in the campaign for the republican nomination. >> we pick wreck. -- we pick rick.

>> thank you. thank you very very much. thank you, and for all the folks up here, i want to thank you very much for everything you have done up here in new hampshire. we came up here just about 10 days ago. the polls were having us about 1% or 2%. after iowa, the most recent poll was 3%. depending on your math, we have either 10 times, five times, or three times where we started. that is what we wanted to do. we wanted to respect the process here. we wanted to respect the fact that we were going to campaign in every single state. states that were good for us, states that may have been a little tougher. we knew it would be tough, but the message we had of believing in the american people,

believing that we needed to have opportunity not just for some in america but we needed someone who was going to go out and speak for all americans to be able to have the opportunity to rise in society. we took that message here to new hampshire. we took it, talking about our manufacturing plant, talking about what we were going to do to grow this economy. we took it to talk about faith and family as the bedrock of society. [applause] and, by your work and the grass roots effort of the crowd that we had, we built this campaign in new hampshire just in a very short period of time. we did not spend a lot of money, but we put a lot of effort into this. we put our message out there. we came where the campaign was and we delivered a message not just for new hampshire, we delivered a message for america,

that we have a campaign year. yeah. [cheers and applause] that we have a campaign that has a message and a messenger that can deliver what we need, which is first and foremost to defeat barack obama, number one. [cheers and applause] it is a message, as i mentioned in iowa, from the grandson of a coal miner, someone who believed deeply that the responsibility he has, as someone who risked his life for a sovereign, a king when he served in the

austrian army during world war i, and he fought on the russian front. if it was not for the aid of a friend pulling my wounded grandfather back in the foxhole, i would not be here today. he fought for someone who did not care about him or his freedom or his children's freedom. he came to america because he wanted to make sure that his children would be in a free country, and his grandchildren would be in a free country. ladies and gentlemen, that as our charge, and that is what is at stake in america today. -- that is our charge, and that is what is at stake in america today. [applause] let me assure you, he was not

deterred by temporary setbacks. he believed in the greatness of this country and he believed in the freedom of opportunity that this country presented. we are going to go on to south carolina. [cheers] for those who would like to think that somehow or another this race can be over in one or two states, states that have been the backyard and the home of a certain candidate who, by the way, i want to absolutely congratulate mitt romney for a great victory tonight. he worked hard in this state, invested in this state, and the people of new hampshire gave him a very hard-earned victory.

i spoke with governor romney and congratulated him on that win and said i am looking forward to engaging on the subject matter on issues, talking about records, talking about how we are going to best put the best foot forward and the best person forward to deliver a message to the american people that can unite us. we have an opportunity in this race. we have an opportunity to be the true conservative, the true conservative who can go out and do what is necessary not just to win this race. and we can win this race. [cheers] but to be the conservative who understands that at the foundation of our country are

institutions that are crucial for us to be a successful nation. families that are bonded together, still with virtuous faith in our children, to build strong community and build a great nation from the bottom up. that is the message. along with a government that understands that we have to create a playing field for all americans of a variety of different skill sets to be able to be successful in this country. we have a message that can appeal not just in south carolina but across this nation, and in particular, in the states that are necessary to win this election. in the states that are the swing states, like pennsylvania and ohio and indiana and michigan. the states that have been successful, like in pennsylvania, in winning elections. ladies and gentlemen, we are not only going to go out and deliver a message of the basic structure

and the foundation of our country, be it faith and family and opportunities, but we are going to do so understanding that, with faith in the american people, we can not only wipe out this deficit, we can not only rebuild its economy, we can not only have a strong america that stands up for the values i just talked about, we can do so in a huge victory that will rally this country to take on the great challenges we have before us. [applause] on to south carolina. thank you and god bless.

[cheers and applause] >> we pick rick. we pick rick. we pick rick. >> ♪ i should be sleeping like a dog but when i get home to you, i find the things that you do will make me feel all right you know i work all day to get some money to buy new things. when i get you a loan, you know i feel alok when i'm home everything seems to be right

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sea china right in front of view >> he was second to mitt romney last week, eight votes shy this week. mitt romney getting 39% of the vote. msnbc's john taylor writes, "mitt romney's 60. win last night in new hampshire was the largest margin of victory for a non-incumbent in more than 30 years. no non-incumbent republican has scored a larger margin of victory since ronald reagan beat george h. w. bush by 27 points in 1980." follow more stories on that if you follow on twitter. rick santorum got 9% of the vote, as did newt gingrich. newt gingrich headed to south carolina, perhaps having the busiest day with five or six events scheduled in south carolina. he addressed supporters in manchester last night, saying, "we have an opportunity to unify the country."

[applause] >> newt, newt, newt! >> i want to thank each and everyone of you. i also want to thank all the people around the state of new hampshire who were so warm and so generous to callista, to

kathy, to jackie, and to me. it was remarkable how many people were positive, actively supported and helpful. i am delighted to have had this chance to spend time and learn more about the key concerns here. i want to thank everybody here who has been helpful to us, particularly speaker o'brien, who has done a great, great job. one of the great virtues of running is that everywhere you go you learn something. you pick up a better understanding of america. i have to say that the leadership that speaker o'brien and the house showed in developing a brand new approach that i hope will become adopted everywhere in america, where they actually had the ways and means committee report first, and it indicated how much money they would have. they then actually adopted a budget to a fit -- to fit their

income, opposite of what goes on in the country, where they try to fulfill the money for a budget. they cut 11% out of spending, which is a remarkable achievement, which, if accomplished in washington, would begin to move us back in the right direction. speaker, i really commend you for your leadership. this is step two of a long process, and having both been a historian, active a long time, you learn certain things. let me put in context where we are. we have an opportunity, i think, to unify the country around the message of jobs, economic growth, and very dramatic programs.

that opportunity is to reach out to everybody of every background would rather have paychecks to food stamps, to convince them that what ronald reagan did in the 1980's, creating millions of new jobs, what i did as speaker in the 1990's, creating millions of new jobs, can be done again. this campaign is going to go on to south carolina. [cheers] we are going to offer the american people something very different. we are going to offer them an opportunity to participate in very dramatic, very fundamental change in washington, d.c., and we are going to prove that i both understand the principles and i understand the practice. i learned a lot of those

principles from ronald reagan and from margaret thatcher. i get to practice as a junior congressman working with president reagan. i got to practice them as speaker working with bill clinton. i want to suggest to you, when ronald reagan was president, we had to find a way to get votes through the house despite the fact that tip o'neill was speaker. when i was speaker, we had to find a way to get bills signed despite the fact bill clinton was president. i believe if we have a republican house, a republican senate, and a gingrich presidency, it would be amazing how much we could get done. [cheers and applause] so we are going to take to south carolina tonight and kick off tomorrow morning a campaign for

jobs and economic growth, a campaign for a balanced budget, a campaign for returning power to the states through the 10th amendment. a campaign for a strong national security. a campaign for a stable, solid social security program, both for people now on it and for the young people who are here who deserve a chance in their lifetime to have an even better program with an even greater return. because if we are smart, we can do better things for people. the washington alternatives -- how do we raise taxes and cut spending in a way that causes you a pain on the spending side, that causes you pain on the tax side, is exactly backwards. the question in the debate the other day, the heating assistance program, was phrased in the perfect washington way.

are you going to run bigger deficits are cut people off so you can strengthen the deficit? nobody on the panel asking the questions seemed to consider an alternative. what if we simply went out and developed american oil and gas, brought down the cost of heating oil, and did not need to help people because the price came down? [cheers and applause] that idea of doing more and doing it better does not exist in the washington lexicon. it makes it very hard for our friends in the news media to cover because it is so strange. what if you just were innovating? what if you just had new approaches? what if you just did everything americans have always done? if that is the entrepreneurial free enterprise system, which -- the fact is the enter preoral

-- the entrepreneurial free enterprise system, which attracted ben franklin, the wright brothers, bill gates, steve jobs -- maximizing that to new approaches, new technology, has raised the standard of living of people across the planet more than any other system in the history of the world. with your help -- you have been wonderful to us here. i am asking each of you not to slow down. in the next couple of days, make a list of every person you know in south carolina and every person you know in florida, because those are the next two great contests. i believe as we get to south carolina, as the choice becomes clear, as people understand that there is a bold reagan conservative approach of lower taxes, less regulations, more

american energy, a sound dollar, and actually being in favor of creating jobs, the opposite of the obama program of higher taxes, more regulation, less american energy, and attacking the people who create jobs. look at those two models. i believe we can reach out and we can create a majority that will shocked the country and will put us back on the right track. it is doable. it is a daunting challenge, but consider the alternative. if we do not go the extra mile and we do not offer a vision powerful enough to unify americans and we continue down the road that obama has us on -- but more than obama, the bureaucracy has us on, the judges have a song, the entire pattern that washington has us on -- more years of decay, inadequacy, falling behind, more years of growing weakness, that

is the alternative. i believe it will take someone who is capable of debating barack obama face-to-face, delivering the conservative message, winning the argument in order to overcome his billion dollar machine. with your help, as your spokesperson representing your values, on behalf of our children, our grandchildren, and our country, i will do everything i can to win the opportunity to represent you this fall in debating it and then defeating barack obama. thank you. [cheers and applause]

>> newt, did you get my letter? >> yes. thank you. >> congratulations. >> a reminder, you can see all five of last night's speeches, plus live coverage, on our web site, c-span.org/campaign2012. here's a look -- newt gingrich will take the campaign to rock hill and spartanburg. jon huntsman with appearances in colombia and north charleston.

ron paul in west columbia. rick perry will be in akin. -- aiken, augusta, colombia, and lexington. mitt romney has been endorsed by governor nikki haley. it is likely she will be there. coming up in just a bit, about 45 minutes or so, president obama and vice president biden hosting today at the white house a forum on focusing on the importance for companies to in source american jobs and invest in the u.s. the president will be live at 12:15 on c-span, followed by white house cabinet officials holding discussions with small and large business leaders on in sourcing and investing in america. companies attending include master lock, lincoln furniture. we'll have that live for you at 1:00 eastern. up next, democratic national

committee chairman dan wasserman schultz was talking about -- debbie wasserman schultz was talking about yesterday's results. from this morning. this is 40 minutes. >> welcome, everyone. i want to welcome you all. i am the executive director of the new hampshire institute of politics. i want to welcome you to the kickoff of the 2016 new hampshire presidential primary. i was going to deliver a better line than that, but some people thought i might be too exhausted to deliver a good line. the new england council and the new hampshire institute of politics has become the must

stop location for all the presidential candidates, reporters. our distinguished guest today. we are very excited about that. as you will note, jim brett is a way, and larry zabar is in place. i want to thank our sponsors. today you will see there are banners in the back. they are responsible for making this happen, and they are our partners through this process. and greek companies, particularly here and new hampshire and new england. we have a few dignitaries here today. a man who is responsible for much of the activity, we have father johnson de felice, our president. [applause] many dignitaries here including rich, the governor's chief of staff. representative mcmahon, who is

helpful in putting this event together today. we have former dnc member and ambassador terry shoemaker here today. former senator clark. senator foster is here today. i also want to mention our great friend, kathy sullivan, former chair of the party. a round of applause for all of them. [applause] for the purposes of introduction, i want to introduce our friend jim demur, on the board at the institute of politics. he is of course a longstanding great new hampshirite. he is a key adviser to president obama. [applause]

>> thank you. when neil introduces somebody as a longstanding new hampshire person, that means he is really starting to get old. [laughter] let me welcome you all here today. neil and the institute of politics deserves a round of applause. they play a big role this year in the primary. [applause] now, father jonathan did his part this year. he was lobbying very hard for outstanding weather for election day. he pulled that off and sent the message, you can let it go now and tomorrow we will get 10 inches of snow. father jonathan, congratulations to you for the outstanding job they did this primary season. i am very honored to be appeared today to introduce our special guest. i did notice, though, that he is

here to finally endorse a presidential candidate. last night was exciting, what you are a democrat or republican. new hampshire live up to its part as the first primary in the nation. today is the beginning of the first general election contest beginning here is only appropriate after months of republican candidates crossing the state that we have the chairman of the democratic national committee here to speak to us, talk a little bit about last night's results and what lies ahead for the election here in new hampshire as we head toward november. debbie wasserman schultz is one of those high-energy people. she is a member of the united states congress, formerly a member of the florida legislature. she likes to tell people that this is a state she loves to visit and vacation in, and i think tomorrow when we see the

weather, we will be telling her your state is one we like to vacation -- to vacation in as well. she has been a really strong advocate for the president and the policies of the democratic party, but when i introduce people i also like to tell one little personal story about them. this kind of sums up the kind of person that debbie wasserman schultz is, because a while back when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she never let that slow her down. she continued the fight, continued working for the causes that she believes in, fighting for families and working people of this country. but she also used that experience and got legislation passed that helps educate women on issues relating to breast cancer, and also prevention. i think you can say that, based on what she has done, there are

a lot of women in this country that are healthier today, and there are a lot of women living longer today. that is the kind of leadership i think we all respect. [applause] so, it is my pleasure to introduce to you the chairman of the democratic national committee, debbie wasserman schultz. >> thank you very much. jim, thank you so much for that really incredibly kind introduction. i appreciate your acknowledgments of my status as a survivor. i know there are a lot of survivors in this room, just based on the statistics. for me, the opportunity to use my profile and a position to help raise awareness and help make sure that everyone has an opportunity to catch their cancer early like i was able to. incredibly important.

that is what this is all about. that is what politics is all about, making the world a better place and making life better for other people, and that is why i am sure in no small part why you all are here in this room. it is why i do what i do every single day. thank you so much. this is an incredibly exciting opportunity for me. i'm thrilled to be here. jim definitely understated the depth of feeling that i have for the state of new hampshire. this really is a home away from home for my family. my husband has spent his entire life, especially growing up as a child, on lake soon a peak with his family, who has had a home sunapee.e sunke my state representative is here. the representatives that haven't fared in my community in south florida, i like to say that i

and debbie wasserman schultz, in paradise. i represent four lauderdale, miami. the hospitality that the people here are just absolutely wonderful and warm, and it is really our favorite place in the entire world. to have an opportunity to speak at the politics and eggs serious, it is such a wonderful tradition, a real privilege for me. particularly because it has become such a mainstay of presidential politics nationally, but particularly hillary -- but particularly here in new hampshire. father, congratulations on pulling off yet another wonderful primary in the state of new hampshire, being our host at the circus that the media has thrown on your campus. your students have been incredible.

it has been so great to interact with them over the last few days, and the institute of politics that neil -- where did neil go? there he is. they have done a terrific job. thank you so much, and congratulations. go, hawks. so this morning the country is waking up focused on new hampshire and the important message that granite state voters delivered yesterday. yesterday tens of thousands of new hampshire voters went to the polls to vote for president obama in an uncontested primary. these voters clearly wanted to make their voices heard and send a message that they support the hard work president obama has been doing to turn our economy around, beginning to make the progress we need to make to lift people up and make sure that every american has a fair shot at the american dream, that everyone in america has an opportunity to be successful. this is in clear contrast to the message sent by voters in the republican primary.

while we saw mitt romney ultimately come out on top, he now moves on to south carolina, i think, as a wounded candidate. over the course of the last few months he has been regularly trending toward 45% support among republican voters in new hampshire. at one point he enjoyed a nearly 30% lead over the rest of the republican field. in yesterday -- yesterday's primary could not happen soon enough, because support in the state was rapidly eroding. it seemed to me the more people got to know mitt romney, the less they liked him. his margin of victory last night fell short of meeting expectations, especially when you consider the fact that mitt romney is a part-time resident of new hampshire and that he raised a family and served as governor of massachusetts right next door. add to it that he has really been running president here for the last seven years. for anyone watching, you saw that prior to last night's primary, mitt romney had not

been having a very good week here. he wounded himself in a few different episodes that left new hampshire voters wondering whether he really -- actually, left americans wondering whether he understands the needs and concerns and the worries of working in middle-class families and what they are going through in this country. just a few days ago during a campaign event, mitt romney attempted to relate to struggling granite staters by making it clear he once feared getting a pink slip. for new hampshire voters and voters across the country, not only does this statement ring untrue, but it suggested a disconnection with middle-class americans. many hard-working americans i think were also rubbed the wrong way by his comment monday that he enjoys being able to fire people. no matter what context you listen to that remark in, when an employment relationship ends, it is never enjoyable.

it is never something that is fun. it is always, or at least it should be if you have some sensitivity, uncomfortable. whether it was warranted or not. so i think that really was another example of the disconnect between mitt romney and average working folks. he has claimed he created 100,000 jobs during his time bain capital, a figure that has been discredited across the board, and even worse, republican candidates an independent fact checkers agreed that he did not create jobs as a corporate buyout specialist at bain capital. he made a profit at any cost by outsourcing jobs, closing plants, and bankrupting companies. deliberately bankrupting companies. this shows an insensitivity on his part to the very real challenges that working and middle-class folks are facing today. i think they contributed to a drop in his support among new hampshire voters over the past

few days. what has even worse repercussions for mitt romney is that he leaves new hampshire essentially a weakened candidate with central rationale for his candidacy unraveling before our eyes. while his campaign headquarters in manchester now has a "for lease" sign on the door, our campaign is staying put, firmly rooted in new hampshire. while the republican candidates have been duking it out, obama campaign staff and volunteers -- and some of them are here in this room, over there on the other side of the room -- they are focused on laying the groundwork for victory in november, making sure president obama has the resources and the grass-roots support to win by organizing neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. that is the kind of campaign we have always run, door to door, neighbor to neighbor. it is the kind of campaign new hampshire voters expect, appreciate, and it is a tremendous source of pride. you kick the tires, you look

under the hood, and you get the opportunity to closely examine exactly who these folks are. a much different experience than, for example, my home state of florida, where we have 11 media markets. you cannot run that type of presidential campaign in florida. you have a special appreciation for just who these candidates are. we are taking the retail politics of new hampshire very serious. we have seven offices open statewide as of yesterday. we had three open until yesterday, four opened yesterday. we have had 500 meetings, 3201- on-one meetings, tens of thousands of phone calls. we have hit the ground running leading up to the day -- leading up to today and from now until november. we are running the campaign from the ground up, door-to-door in

key states around the country. our staff and volunteers are connecting with real americans every single day and talking to them about the need to preserve all the change we have been able to deliver together, under the president's leadership and with their support. we know what that change looks like. it is changed by the affordable care act to restore health care as the basic cornerstone, ensuring that insurance companies cannot drop you or deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. as someone who was diagnosed with breast cancer, living with a pre-existing condition, i cannot tell you the appreciation and the value that that has brought to my life, knowing that on the day i was diagnosed i was one job loss away from being uninsured or uninsurable. that problem was solved for me by president obama because that cannot happen to me anymore, nor to the millions of women who

face that fear every single day. that is incredibly important. that is what the role of government is for. government can make sure that the private sector can help give opportunities for health security to all american. it is following through on the president's promise, like when he promised to end the war in iraq and bring home all servicemen and women from their just a few weeks ago. it is ensuring that wall street plays by the same rules as main street, ensuring that millions of american families have a consumer protection watchdog looking out for them, fighting back against predatory behavior in the financial sector. it is wiping the discriminatory don't ask, don't tell policy of the book. it is breaking our dependency on middle east oil, nearly doubling fuel efficiency standards under president obama, and saving americans money at the top. it is making the bold decision to rescue the american

automobile industry, which saved one will -- which saved 1.4 million american jobs. if mitt romney or the republican candidates had their way, they would have simply let detroit go bankrupt. for the first time since 2004, we have all automobile manufacturers' operating at a profit. if left to the republican candidates, particularly mitt romney, we would not have had an american automobile industry to talk about or to be proud of. that is what change has looked like under president obama in the white house pretty 22 election is going to be about which candidate can get our country back on track. it will be at an incredibly start and dramatic contrast. that is why our campaign is focused on the clear choice that the american people will face in november. whether we will continue to move forward as a nation or if we will return to the same failed policies of the past that nearly

caused a second great depression. the republican candidates for president have laid out their economic vision, and it is one that looks bad. we have seen them argue among themselves on the campaign trail over which of them can repeal wall street perform fast enough, or who is the most committed to ending medicare as we know it. we see continued support by the gop field, promises that would gut social security, slash funding for education, while asking working and middle-class families to foot the bill. under president obama, we have made critical progress on the road to economic recovery. with increased job growth for the second straight year, the most since 1997. prior to the obama administration, the last time was in 1997. the president has been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it to the middle-class since day one of his presidency. 95% of americans have received a

tax break under president obama, and he has cut taxes to small businesses 17 different times. last month, as other republicans in congress threatened to let the payroll tax cut for the middle class expire and let taxes go up for 160 million hard-working americans, the president said enough with the partisan games and was trying to score a political point at the expense of working in middle-class families across the country. president obama stared down congressional republicans and the won. as a result, millions of folks struggling to make ends meet did not see their taxes go up this month. it's clear that with 22 straight months of private sector job growth we are beginning to turn the corner. we are making slow but steady progress. as the president has been out there telling the american people, we can and we must do more. president obama's message to hard-working folks in new hampshire and across the country is that we must continue to rebuild and work toward rebuilding our economy by making

sure hard work -- and everyone does their fair share, and that responsibility is rewarded. some american families can reclaim the security that they lost. that is the president of vision for keeping america moving forward and continuing on the path of growth and progress. over the past 10 months, this is the message we will be implementing across the country. the american people have a very serious choice in november. the stakes are very high. as a mom with three beautiful young children who i care about deeply, who are my number one priority, i know that i will be rolling up my sleeves and working so hard every single day from now until election day to make sure that i can do my best to help american voters choose president obama and send him back to the white house. because, if they do not, that will reverberate on our children come on my children for decades. the result of the wrong decision will impact their lives, and as their mom, there

is no one i will more fiercely protect and my kids and the kids of my constituents. i know you feel the same way, and our campaign will work tirelessly to make sure that if voters do give president obama a second term, we will stop at nothing to give every single american to go as far as their hard work and dedication will take them. that's how we will blaze our trail to victory and said the president back to the white house. thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to speak to you this morning, and thank you for this tradition. this is very, very important. thank you. [applause] thank you. i would be happy to take any questions. only easy ones, though. all the softballs, jump to the front of the line.

great, hey. >> from the exit poll demographics, it appears that mitt romney was particularly weak among first-time voters and young voters. how do we go about attracting those voters to president obama? >> younger voters especially are deeply concerned about making sure that they embarked on the next phase of their life. these are young people who are at the beginning of their adult life. they know that they need to be able to make sure that higher education is affordable for them, that they are not going to be drowning in the debt of their student loans for their lifetime and that they have the opportunity to get good jobs that pays a decent wage after that educational experience. i think making sure that they know that president obama has gone to bat for them, making sure that we increase the amount of appellate grants available to

them, and making them to so many more young people to make the dream of affordable higher education possible for them, making sure that they know he has gone to bat to make sure that we can create good jobs for middle-class and working families, and that our tax policy is designed to help people who are not just already doing well. i mean, there is nothing wrong with doing well. it certainly is a goal that we all aspire to, and we want in america for everybody to be able to do well. but we should not have our tax policies, we should not have our government's policy exclusively focused on helping people who are already doing well do better. in america, we should target our tax policy, we should target policy in america toward people who want to be lifted up, who just need a little bit of assistance. we need to fight hard like

president obama has been for the middle-class and working families. that is why he passed legislation that put 17 different tax cuts in place for small business owners and a 95% of americans a tax break. what the republicans have been fighting for is to extend the tax breaks that passed in 2001 and 2003 under president bush, and paid for, and it exploded the deficit for the wealthiest, most fortunate americans, millionaires and billionaires, to extend those. that is really a dramatic contrast, and i think there will be a clear choice. >> yes, all the way in the back. >> the american people, i think because of the lack of civility, what do you think can be done to take that faith back? >> as someone who has spent 19 years as a member of a legislative body, i agree with you that we need to make sure that we tone things down,

particularly in light of the tucson tragedy from a year ago, where my very good friend, gabrielle giffords, who is doing well, by the way -- i know everybody -- [applause] she is making great progress. the discourse in america, the discourse in congress, to answer your question specifically, has really changed. i will tell you, i hesitate to place blame, but i have noticed it takes a very precipitous turn toward edginess and a lack of civility with the growth of the tea party movement. after the 2010 elections, when you had the the party elect a whole lot of their supporters to the united states house of representatives, and you had town hall meetings that they tried to take over, and you saw some of their conduct at those

town hall meetings -- in the time i have been in my state legislature and in congress, i have never seen a time that was more divisive or where discourse was less civil. it is one thing -- i have always had people come to my town hall meetings and say they do not agree with me on something, and that is fine. that is what those town hall meetings is about. their civil discourse. when i hear something from a constituent who does not share my view -- and hopefully they do also because we are listening to each other and there is a back and forth. what the the party has done is they have taken it to a different level. when they come and disagree with you, you are not just wrong, you are the enemy. that is really a place that politics in america should not go. you know, when they disagree with you on an issue, you're not just wrong, you are a liar. rather than just having differences of opinion,

accusations like that get hurled, and it brings the entire discourse down to a level that i think none of us want to see remain there. so i have done my part. i will tell you that president obama, he has tried so hard to get the republicans to work with him, to bring them to the table to try to get them to compromise and find common ground. but when you have someone like mitch mcconnell, for example, the minority leader of united states senate, saying at the outset of this congress that his number one goal was not turning the economy around and create jobs, but to defeat barack obama, then how are we going to reach compromise if that is the goal that drives them and their decisions? because we will not. if that is their goal, anything that they do to compromise gives president obama a. win, a success, and makes it less likely in their minds that they

would defeat him. unfortunately, i think what has driven the republicans in congress is their interest in only one job, barack obama's. when democrats have been fighting for american jobs. that is the difference. that will be the choice that americans have to make. [applause] thank you for your question. yes? >> i have lived there all of my adult life. one of the things that a lot of people do not know is a large percentage of people who support president obama in 2008, we have suffered a lot. my family and i are socially conservative, fiscally conservative liberals. what we have noticed is that the

candidates have come up with -- looking for a handout, looking for something -- what i would like to see the president do, if he has a printed message or tone he can set. in my state, 39 counties are considered and developed. can he showed there is a difference between welfare preservation, and wealth and fame and? >> yes. he actually does. i think he's demonstrated that for the last three years when he became president. when president obama took office at the beginning of 2009, he inherited the largest set of problems probably since fdr at

once of any president. the economy, because of republican policies that brought us to the precipices of economic disaster, was declining, dropping like a rock. we were bleeding 750,000 jobs a month when he took office. we hear that number so often, we end up glossing over it and treating it like it is something so familiar. i do not ever want to be that familiar with that statistic ever again. we no longer have to because now you fast forward three years later, and we have had, under president obama's leadership, 22 straight months of job growth in the private sector, created nearly 3 million jobs. that is because of his policies. because he came and and passed the recovery act, which injected badly needed resources into the economy, make sure we arrested the decline. we saved more than 2 million

jobs and had an opportunity to start to begin to turn things around. then he pared down, in the face of a politically unpopular tarp program, he made sure that we rescue the american automobile industry. while mitt romney and ems -- and the rest of the republicans said let's let detroit go bankrupt. let's not think about the 1.4 million jobs in the pipeline for the american automobile industry, the 20,000 jobs that are related to the automobile industry here in new hampshire, but let's just let them go bankrupt. let's just let them go bankrupt. i guess you cannot blame mitt romney appeared he was the ceo of bain capital. let the chips fall where they may was his m.o. president obama did not do that and now we have a profitable industry. when we passed the tax breaks, they were not just tax breaks for the wealthy. we did not focus on trickle-down

economics that have been disproved and countless times. we focused our tax-cutting policy of the middle class, on working families, the payroll tax cut extension, making sure that small business owners had that tax break that could give them an opportunity to make investments in their capital needs for their business and create jobs and add to the people who work with them. for 22 straight months of job sector job growth -- of private- sector job growth, we are finally turning things around. that is a dramatic contrasts of where we were and where we are now. we know we will have a choice in november between moving in the direction that president obama has been taking a said having our policies focus on making sure that everybody in america and not just the wealthy have an opportunity to be successful. in south carolina, in new hampshire, that message, that

agenda resonates with everyone. i represent a pretty wealthy district. a district that is middle-to- upper-middle class. i have people tell me all the time -- you know, if my tax rate changes, i probably will not have to sell my second home. if my tax rate changes, debbie, i probably will not have to dine out at restaurants fewer times than i already do. but i do know what will happen, debbie, if we make sure that our tax policy in america is balanced and that everybody is paying their fair share. we will have the best education system in the world and make sure their kids can graduate and choose the path and compete globally appeare. we will have people who make sure that the tax policy that exists in the united states

allows them to create jobs, allows them to beef up their infrastructure, and allows us as americans to out-compete and out-innovate and out-build the rest of the world. that is the goal for president obama and the direction he is taking us. i do not know about you, but i do not want to go back to the failed republican policies. >> there is quite a remarkable difference in the economic climate. it seems that washington, d.c. has really thrived over the last four years of the obama administration while the rest of the country is still struggling economically. there are huge sections of the country were federal dollars to not make it far beyond the beltway.

is the obama administration aware of the disconnect between federal dollars that do not make it beyond the washington metropolitan area and the struggles of the rest of the country? >> a would have to differ with you. i have driven down 89 and 93 plenty of times and have seen those big signs that say that this road project, thanks to the recovery and reinvestment act. those are the direct result of the recovery act and the investment that president barack obama was bold enough to make to jump-start this economy and get things turned around and take as from bleeding jobs to adding jobs. i have personally seen the investments and the resources that have been generated by president obama's leadership benefiting the folks in new hampshire. as good teachers in new hampshire who were able to

remain on the job and didn't get laid off and the smoke -- and the first responders through -- and the first responders to benefited from that. i would have to differ with you that the policy decisions and the resources that president obama has said we know we need to get the economy turned around have not reached newbury or king. anyway, thank you so much for the opportunity to be here. thank you for your commitment to our democracy. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> on behalf of the forearm, we

thank you for being here. of course, you get the love. -- you get the ,ig/ -- you get the mug. >> thank you. [applause] >> says the republican candidates had to south carolina, president obama later today will head to chicago for some campaign fundraising and a rally. ahead of that, the president and the vice president are holding a forum for companies that in source american jobs and invest in the u.s. that will be followed by white house cabinet officials holding discussions with small and large business leaders on in sourcing and investing in the u.s., companies attending include

master lock, lincoln and furniture, and dupont. ahead of the president's comments, we will hear reaction to yesterday's new hampshire primary results from "washington journal." host: texas rep ron paul campaigned hard across the state won easily the battle for a second base over jon huntsman. in winning the 2012 new hampshire primary, the former massachusetts gov. -- he was

attacked relentlessly by the national and state democratic party which would prefer not to see him as president barack obama's opponent in the general election. as i mentioned, the race now goes to south carolina. there is a series of primaries coming up throughout the country. south carolina is the next one on january 21. so let's see how the south carolina newspapers are looking at the presidential contest. looking at another south carolinian newspaper, "the green bill news" -- "usa today" story says that i 01 by a whisker and new hampshire one in a locked -- says that

iowa won by a whisper and new .ampshire won in a locke let's hear what you have to say. i think mitt romney will have a a problem in the south. ron paul is the juggernaut. hopefully, we can keep the media honest and we can have a fair and honest ballot counting election. hopefully, we can turn this country around.

host: christine in oakland, mich.. caller: i have a real problem with romney. he spoke in nevada and said that nobody helps the people losing their homes. they should buy them out and the investors should come in and buy them and rent them out and wait for the prices to go up. i really wonder about mr. romney's idea of fairness, morals, and ethics, no matter what is along. thank you. host: christine is talking about something that "the washington post" road about.

romney mentioned that he entered the workforce at the bottom. he never imagined he would run for office. as he put it, "i was just a high school kid like everybody else getting late." -- getting laid." caller: we all know that mr. norquist is calling all the shots. and altogether, the republicans, when we know they are part of

the pledge, how can they help us? the republicans will continue to block and say no to every bill. romney has five sons. have they been at war? republicans do not want change. the only one to keep the 2% richest so they can receive their bonuses. host: why do you say they are beholden to nor question? caller: because they have a pledge. norquist is calling all the shots. it has been like that for quite a while. host: another headline says that candidate's head south with brass knuckles. let's go to charlotte, north carolina.

jim, republican calller. what do you think about the race? caller: the later you just spoke to. i do not know what alternative university has been on, but the house is generating bills and the senate has been controlled by democrats, and they are the ones that let them languish in died over there. we're running over 900 days without a budget. maybe she should take notice of that. when it comes to the south, folks down here are real strong when it comes to 10th amendment

rights. we know we've voluntarily surrender sovereignty to the united states for the betterment of the country. however, when you talk about a massachusetts moderate implementing mayor ronnie care so everyone would sign up, that goes against the grain. i think people will have a tough time, even though he might win. we will see what happens. host: let's go to eugene, oregon. michael, independent calller. caller: i think the calls might be more reflective of 4:00 in the morning on the east coast. i think obama has turned into the greatest president you could want. i am not worried about the economy, i am worried about the president be able to execute me with the drone the size of a butterfly. i am astounded at the changes that have happened to america. i do not know why they would want to elect anyone else. it seems obama has dragged the kool-aid or something. -- drank the kool-aid or something. host: who would you support? caller: i would love to see a full-blooded indian to be our president. like an apache. i would like him to decide if

the oil pipeline can be run through our country. host: let's go to the "boston globe" newspaper -- let's hear from jerry arm our democrats line in memphis, tennessee. caller: i hear people calling in and saying they support what paul. i voted for obama on, and i will keep voting for obama and keep voting democrat. the republicans do not care about poor people. they want to end government

programs to help poor people. that ain't the christian way. >> with regard to talk later on this morning with tavis smiley and cornell west about no one is talking about poverty. caller: i am watching politics since i was 16. obama has been talking about poverty. if you are against poor people having health care, that is not being a good american. it is sad. host: let's go on to scott in michigan. joining us from detroit. turn down your tv for us and go ahead. caller: mitt romney, to me, he is a great person in the stands up for everything i believe in. he will get my vote.

i agree with everything he has to stand for. host: another scott joins us from indiana. an independent calller. caller: the only one that is in the republican race right now that could beat barack obama in the presidential election would be ron paul. he would get all the independent votes. he would get the democratic votes and other boats. -- other votes. if the republicans truly want to win the election, they should stand behind ron paul, because mitt romney only has some of the boats, and republicans cannot get the independent voters. he is the one i would vote for. i would like to see him get the nominee, which no one will let him. host: what do you think about his performance last night in new hampshire? caller: i have followed him since he used to be the head of the libertarian party.

i am a true believer and freedoms, and we need to get -- in our freedoms and we need to get them back. the country will not let him when or they're going to give -- will not let him win or the day will give the country back to the people. thank you very much for your time. host: fred tweets in -- let's listen to ron paul speaking last night about his win and goals. >> i called governor romney, because the quick quick -- clearly had a clear-cut victory, but we are nibbling at his heels. there was another victory tonight. he had a victory, but we have had a victory for the cause of victory tonight.

-- for the cause of liberty tonight. clip: there is no doubt that if this whole effort that we are involved in will not go unnoticed. let me tell you. [applause] i think intellectual revolution is going on now to restore liberty in this country and well on its way. there is no way they're going to stop the momentum we have started. host: ron paul giving what his team called a victory speech. he did come in second in yesterday's new hampshire primary. 23% of the vote. mitt romney bested him with 39%. jon huntsman at 17%. newt gingrich and rick santorum both had 9%. rick perry 1%. he did not choose to spend campaign time in new hampshire. caller: good morning.

and good morning to the nation. and i would like to comment on mitt romney in specifically to his time at bain capital. with regard to him having all of this business success, i believe that romney winning the new hampshire primary and iowa by a very slim margin,going into south carolina, i hope the voters would understand more about the business. -- understand more about bain capital. i am at neither for a new gingrich, mayor romney, ron paul. i am for jon huntsman. he is the canada. -- he is the candidate. he is the one that communicating on a very sound level to the public. -- he is the candidate. i personally have a son who has been in the armed forces united

states army. he is a screaming eagle. he is a captain. 14 years of service. commander of his battalion and doing a good job. he has been deployed to help give a stamp for one year. -- he has been deployed to afghanistan for one year. all i can tell you is that our men and women in uniform that serves the country, that have came back maimed and disabled, all of these service people need to get some type of representative in there that knows when the going is done, get out of the country. the police power, the aftermath power, it is all over there except for the policing of afghanistan. right now jon huntsman is the man. host: what did you think about his third-place finish in new hampshire? were you disappointed?

caller: i am disappointed in him because of the father/son issue. his assistant, all of them are bringing things out much too late. he did not get proper time in free debate. rick perry stumbled, and people got on him for stumbling. jon huntsman did not get proper air time and hardly any of his debates. then we had the nine-nine-nine man,to listen to what he has to say -- clip: ladies and gentleman, i think we are in the hunt. i think third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen.

in hello, south carolina. ofre here tonight because you. we have the greatest volunteers, greatest organizers the state has ever seen. give yourself a hand. and we proved the point that this state once its candidates to burn it the old-fashioned way, on the ground, handshake by -- this state once its candidates to earn it the old- fashioned way, on the ground, handshake by handshake, conversation by camera station, we got it done, ladies and gentlemen. host: jon huntsman came in third in new hampshire yesterday. and let's take a look at a story about what is next for him. host: you look at some of the

breakdowns in the newspapers this morning about who voted for who. let's go to byrd, democrat let's go to gerta, democratic

caller in brooklyn. caller: could you please not cut me off this morning? i just want to say that i am tired with the republicans blaming barack obama for everything. he inherited the problem. he did not cause all these problems. the people need to give him a chance. and he has only been there three years, and i think he deserves another four years. i am going to be voting for him. give him another chance. i also want to say could you please not be so blatant with your body is between democrats -- with your biases between democrats and republicans. you cut off the democrats and what the republicans go on. -- and let the republicans go on. host: definitely trying to be fair. independent calller in chicago.

good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to make a comment from the new hampshire primary. first of all, on the fairness question to gov. mitt romney, i believe the comments he continues to make, i am part of the 99%, [inaudible] -- i am really sick of the tax breaks and the corporate welfare. i want to see some of those people should have gone to jail that calls to the financial collapse. you should go to jail and pay the price. none of those people were punished. in my opinion they are not jobs creator. for the most part they are crooks. i believe by ron paul being a live -- libertarian, in his own

words he would not have voted for fair accommodations. there would still be black and white water pounds. -- black and white water fountains. we would not have the epa. we would have clean water or clean air. i do not believe free-market should be indicted. -- should be unbridled, the they should be able to do whatever they want. i do believe there should be some checks and balances. host: let's good to e-mail comments. -- go to email comments -- somerville, south carolina. the race is coming to you. what do you think? caller: i believe the voters

between the ages of 18-35, they probably do not know the history when they see the republican candidates. does the country realize ronald reagan borrow more money from the chinese than any u.s. president in history. that is my comment. host: joplin, missouri. mary a democratic calller. caller: i did vote for obama in the last election. i a am disappointed. i believe that he is becoming a republican. i agree with the former calller spirit and i agree the one who has the new voice for america and clear and concise vision and to is a true patriot, i believe that is wrong hall. that is who will get my vote in the next election. host: what happens next for him? caller: people are starting to take notice of him.

he has true values. he has a good vision for this country. i think he will get a greater pulling than people realize. host: let's look at the upcoming dates for the primaries. next up south carolina on june 3 21st. florida 10 days later. about a caucuses are february 4. -- the nevada caucuses are on february 4. that week in may in the caucuses there. -- in maine. this is taken jidda reports-bit. it shows mitt romney in the lead with 37 percent signed. rick santorum was behind him. ron paul at well. -- ron paul at 12%. going down to perry and huntsman.

a florida poll. san the numbers are changing there as the race shapes up. the newspapers are reporting there may not be any sense of who has enough delegates and boats until march. votes until march. let's look at what is coming up in march. that is when washington ways in. then super tuesday with the whole group of states that will bode. the cumulative number of gop pledged delegates available in states that had come to us by caucus for primary date, by march there is a threshold needed to win. that could happen then. we could see the numbers creep up there as the numbers go by. santa cruz, california. marcus on the independent line.

caller: i am calling all the way from santa cruz really early in the morning. rather than name any names or anything, i really feel the need to tell people to try to find out more about the candidates. do not just what mainstream media. we'll show manipulated by the -- we are so manipulated by the stories. you have to think about who is getting paid for people to believe the things they are pushing. especially with computers and all the information available, try to look stuff appeared in especially who is paying for them. go to open secrets. this is all public information. i do not care who the diverse republican is -- i am independent myself. who is paying for these guys? i think the current president, i have been all over the map. i voted for obama. he is tramping all over our civil liberties.

he turned is backed with indefinite detention. -- he turned his back with thei never thought in my lifetime i -- he turned his back with the ndaa. he signed that. i never thought in my lifetime i'v would see that. i cannot believe people are letting that happen. we're just walking along with it. what about the constitution? like this at about the mainstream media, people have got to find the stuff out. where is the money going? that is where you will find the truth. i think we don't need a leader that has served in the military. -- i think we need a leader that has served in the military. probably the most important thing i can say is we as people need to figure out who is the genuine person. host: let's look at a comment on twitter the ways and on civil rights and civil liberties.

-- who is weighing in on so rights and civil librettist. he says -- going on to michigan. christopher, republican calller. welcome. caller: good morning. i would like to let you know that my vote is in for mitt romney. he seemed like he is more intelligence than barack obama. he did not walk into a pile. he should of straitened up piles from the beginning with the money. that is how i think it should be. host: let's look at who voted out in new hampshire. -- who voted how in new hampshire. this is from "the wall street

journal." age, things shake up a little bit. the younger demographics,18-29 years old, the majority supported ron paul. the rest of what form it romney. -- the rest went for romney. when you look at the education rates, but the majority of the voters went for mitt romney. well republicans mostly wet for but romney, a slight majority of independent voters went for ron paul. and how do the voters feel about the tea party? folks who opposed the tea party, the biggest columnist for jon huntsman. who support the tea party went for mitt romney. evangelical, mayor ronnie.

-- evangelical went for mitt romney. an evangelical category, rick santorum got a fair number. the time of decision, strong majority of those decision made the decision earlier what form it from me. jon huntsman and ron paul are creeping up on that. let's go to morris county, new jersey. john on the line there. caller: i want to comment on something another calller said. i think he has been fair, and i -- i think that you have been fair and i appreciate the fact that when you help callers that are blatantly racist, you pretty much shut them down. i appreciate the fact the use of those people down. -- i appreciate the fact that you shut those people down. to my comment, the thing that really bothers me the most about what is happening with the republican primary is there are so many people buying into the idea that mitt romney is some sort of boost wrapper. -- boot structure.

-- boot strapper. he started off with a tremendous head start from most of his peers. and now he padres himself as a boost trapper -- portrays himself as a boot strap her. if he would be honest about how he got started, how he got his money and except it into the most elite school. -- and accepted into the most elite schools. how his campaign -- even his campaign, the attack dog that tore down newt gingrich, people with huge amount of money. the idea we're supposed to buy this authentic bootstrap for bothers me. that is ron paul supporters talk about him being the true freedom fighter. he is been sleeping -- slipping in your marks into budgets year -- ron paul has been slipping in

earmarks into budget year after year and then turning around in voting against him. his hands are clean and not been responsible for the spending going on in washington. i do not blame c-span, because they are pretty much a window into what is happening, but i wish these other network -- networks were put out these other things. -- these other networks would point out these things. host: let look at a conversation on facebook. wendell says what is the big deal about their romney winning? he has all the money. i did not know why they're not putting the win into the favorite son context. let's take a listen to more of mitt romney's victory speech in new hampshire last night. clip: americans know our future is brighter and better than these troubled times. [applause]

we still believe in the hope, promise and the dream of america. we still believe in the shining city on the hill. we still believe our city is better than the present site 9% unemployment. -- is better than 8% or 9% unemployment. it is better than that misguided policies of the past three years in field leadership of one man. and the president has run out of ideas. now he is running out of excuses. [applause] tonight -- and tonight we are asking the good people of south carolina to join the citizens of new hampshire and make 2012 the

year he runs out of time. host: mayor ronnie last night in -- that is mitt romney last night in new hampshire. jonathan and california. republican calller. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i was shocked about people saying they're going to vote against barack obama. mayor ron may and barack obama -- mitt romney and barack obama are the same things. they are the same things we bailed out. i would just think that is reason never to vote for them again. i'm ron paul supporter. as far as the earmarks, it is something i would consider looking into. i like to get the whole truth of

everything if i can. butron paul i see as the best one to pick right now. host: what did you think about his second place -- caller: i saw that one coming. he ran in 2008, and there would be residual people that kept his message. it seems like it is picking up right now. i saw that one coming. host: the "ap" is reporting a story about mitt romney. it says the former massachusetts governor is competing. he is an uphill climb in south carolina where he finished fourth in 2008. he tells cbs this morning he is confident about south carolina, saying we're going to push forward. he regrets his fellow republicans have made his record as a venture capitalist and issue.

-- an issue. but it is not getting any traction. they said -- he said they tried the same line in new hampshire and it fell extremely flat. but go to arkansas. ron on the independent line. caller: i would like to respond to the man earlier from arizona who son i believe was a captain in the marines. if he wants to support someone that is going to support troops, the overwhelming fact is that dr. paul gets more contributions from active military than all other candidates, including obama combined. if the brave young men and women who are defending our country overseas one doctor killed -- dr. paul come i think we need to support their decision. host: can i ask you a question? caller: i think ron paul is our

generation's thomas jefferson. i believe as this thing progresses, i think people will give up on the hollywood types that are backed by bankers. dr. paul gets no money from super packs. the majority of money as raise comes from active duty military. if i were not already or ron paul supporter, of the over whelming fact that the military supports him is enough to sway me. it is their commander in chief. host: brett in washington state has this to say. we all know mitt romney will

win. as far as i am concerned, this is a big waste of time, money, and energy. just think of all the good use these millions, possibly billions, of dollars could do is put to use in a responsible way. kathleen in indiana is a democrat. next calller. caller: good morning. it is pretty laughable that there are people out there that think mitt romney, a money bag, is it. he is nothing more than two- faced, phony baloney. he reminds me of an aluminum siding salesman that is trying to sell you aluminum to cover your brick house. he has no soul. host: since you are a democrat,

what do you dig of the primary field? caller: that is why mitt romney is the darling because he is in a field what a bunch of dopes. i am hearing all this talk about president obama is this and that. i used to be a republican until i voted in the last election. i was one of those more for me, none for you. like mitt romney is. if you notice the breakdown of the primaries, you notice where most of his voters came from, the wealthy. let's remember again, michigan voters, your favorite son is the one that said what all the companies by. who bailed him out and made them -- who bailed them out and made them profitable? president obama against a lot

of crap he was taking. i supported him because i am a union household. he wants right to work in my state. you guys better really think twice. host: we did not have to call names, but let me ask you one thing. another democrat rode in and -- wrote in said i found jon huntsman statement country first really resonated with me. that is what paid in arizona said. -- peg in arizona said. caller: i think that woman was more radical than anything. i want to say i did not vote last time around because i could not vote for john mccain, and i think that was a mistake. i am really scared for the party. these people are radical.

it wrongly is kind of radical, but we need to vote and vote. everyone -- the republicans that sat back and watched the election last time, we knew john mccain would go down, and we just let things go. myself, i am the republican all my life. my mother raised me as a republican. if you want more welfare, you need to vote for obama. host: let's go here from south carolina resident. pat joins us on the republican line. caller: good morning, and happy new year. thank you for your time. what i am saying is all this money that has been spent. they keep telling us our country is broke, but somebody gainsborough. -- ain't broke. mr. romney has five sons and never been in the service and tells us he is condescend our --

he is going to send our children back over there. put his sons on the front line. as far as the rest of the candidates, i do not know what the is talking about. they scare me. thank you for your time. host: let's hear from jack, independent calller in rhode island. caller: good morning. i have been trying to reach you since monday because he's been had a guest on the telephone. i am not sure if his last name was greg or craig. he was a governor back in the early '90s in new hampshire i believe. for some reason i get the feeling he avoided every question that the calller had regarding what his job was now. until the end, it finally came out.

if i had any question of who should run on the gop ticket against president obama, if the democrats want the republicans to lose it is to have mitt romney nominated. host: if i think you are talking about the interview with jeff craig. what did you learn from that? caller: this fella, at the end he said he worked for goldman sacks. if you work for goldman sacks after he was a senator for a wire -- a while also from the church, he has to be a lobbyist. -- from new hampshire, he has to be a lobbyist. mayor ronnie is being backed by lobbyists. -- mitt romney is being backed by lobbyists. >> we will take you to the white house now. >> i would like to thank president obama and vice

president biden forcing down in meeting with us this morning. i am the ceo of galaxy solutions. we specialize in custom software development for fortune 50 corporations with a focus in the health care industry. we're meeting here today because we share a common concern about one of our country's major problems. the unemployment and underemployment of our fellow citizens. we have something else important in common. we are all actively, creatively, and successfully involved in doing something constructive about the employment situation. we're here because we know much more needs to be and can be done. we believe that an exchange of ideas will lead to more americans back to work. we have seen jobs in the i.t. sector go overseas. it went to countries where labor was inexpensive. in essence, to the lowest bidder. however, challenges with quality, time zones, travel,

currency fluctuation, turnover, have made offshore solutions less attractive. today, software technology, there is an amazing opportunity to use software to help businesses achieved amazing results and make people's lives improve. nowhere is that more the case then in health care. take advantage of american talent. we have to take advantage of the available american talent. we have an open center in downtown detroit called outsource to detroit, putting americans back to work. midwesterners, skilled, hard- working individuals were looking for opportunities and help that region get back on its feet. we have established a dietrich as and i.t. hub, a competitive i.t. of -- we have established detroit as and i.t. hub, a competitive i.t. hub. michigan's educational institutions retraining

centers, a junior colleges, and universities are working with us to design curriculum to make their graduates the next generation of software technology workers. the american model has been and will always be one of delivering exceptional value in services and products. the generation of software systems being built in detroit and elsewhere in the united states will help us make that point once again. i am honored and proud to introduce to you today the sponsor of our meeting, the senior executive with an overriding commitment to real employing america's work force, president -- to reemploying america's work force, president barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, everybody. please, heavy sea. thank you. welcome to the white house, everybody in.

tim, thank you for that introduction. i could not have enjoyed more the meeting that i had this morning. what these companies represent is a source of optimism and enormous potential for the future of america. what they have in common is that they are part of a hopeful trend. they are bringing jobs back to america. you have heard of it outsourcing. these companies are in sourcing. these companies are choosing to invest in the one country with the most productive workers, the best universities, and the most creative and innovative entrepreneurs in the world. that is the united states of america. [applause] that is exactly the kind of commitment in the country that

we need, especially right now when we are in a make-or-break moment for the middle class and those aspiring to get into the middle class in the united states. all across this country, i need folks who grew up with a faith that come in america, hard work paid off and responsibility was rewarded. and that anybody could make it if they try, no matter where you came from, no matter what you looked like, no matter how you started out. those are the values of my grandparents and my mother taught me. those are the values that built the best products and the strongest economy and the largest middle-class that the world has ever known. i think we understand that, over the last two decades, that margin has eroded for too many americans. the economy has changed rapidly. for many, that change has been painful. factories were people thought they would retire packed up and went overseas where labor costs were cheaper. at the same time, we live in a

global economy. while other countries grow and develop an economy of their own, global companies will pursue those markets and employ workers and make investments all over the world. but right now, we are in a unique moment, an inflection point. we have the opportunity for those jobs to come back. and the business leaders in this room are ahead of the curve. they recognize that. i will give you a few examples been after shedding jobs for more than a decade, american manufacturers have not added jobs for two years in a row. that is good news. but when a lot of folks are still looking for work, and now is the time for us to step on the gas. that is why i pushed congress to extend the payroll tax cut this year so that 160 million working americans were not hit with a tax hike. now is the time to expand that middle tax cuts for all of this

year. it is the right thing to do and we need to get that done. but we will have to do more. that is why, in next -- in the next few weeks, we will put forward tax proposals that will reward companies that will choose to bring home jobs to america. there is an opportunity to be had right here and right now. there are workers ready to work right now. that is why i set a goal of doubling our exports of goods and services by 2014. it is a goal that we are on track to meet. we are a little ahead of schedule. that is why, with the help of our outstanding ustr, i was able to sign trade agreements with korea and panama. that is why i fought for investments in schools and community colleges. our workers remain the best you'll find anywhere and

investments in our transportation and information network so that your businesses can take root and grow. i do not want america to be a nation that is primarily known for financial speculation and racking up debt buying stuff from other nations. i wanted to be known for making and selling products that all over the world stand for quality -- made in america. and we can make that happen. [applause] i do not want the next generation of manufacturing jobs taking root in countries like china or germany. i want them taking root in places like michigan and ohio and virginia and north carolina. that is a race that america can win. that is the race that businesses like these will help us win. these are ceo's that take pride in hiring people here in america. it is increasingly the right thing to do for their bottom line.

but it is also the right thing to do for their workers and for our communities and for our country. they are leading by example. i am proud of that as an american. but as president, i also want to make sure they get some credit for it. just three years ago, for example, we almost lost the american auto industry. today, the big three auto makers are turning a profit in manufacturing, the next generation of fuel-efficient cars that the world wants to buy. [applause] ford motor co. represented by workers and management on this stage have committed to investing $16 billion in the united states by 2015. $16 billion. [applause] that includes bringing back about two thousand jobs and shifting production from

mexico,es like japan and china. master lock found nonunion workers in china. they are now exporting products from the united states to china and europe. today, for the first time in 15 years, master lock milwaukee complex is running at full capacity. you do not have to be a big manufacturer to insource jobs. the cochrane family had manufactured furniture in north carolina for five generations. but in 1996, as jobs began shifting to asia, the family sold their business and burress spent time in china and vietnam

as a consultant -- and bruce spent time in china and vietnam as a consultant. while there, he noticed something he did not expect. the customers wanted to buy things made in america. so he came home and started a new company. lincolnton furniture, which operates in the old family factories that had been shut down. you do not have to be a manufacturer to insource of jobs. you just heard tim, ceo of health care i.t. co. in new jersey called galaxy solutions. they have hired 150 workers with their outsourced to detroit program. and they plan to hire up to 500. tim was quoted as saying that there are some really talented people in detroit. we are putting them back to work. work.